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Why on earth would you bring Pemsl in for Cook here?

Shang Ping?

Saw that. Kind of thought the same thing.

They've certainly got a bunch of talent, but if they don't figure out that there's this little thing called defense that they have to play about 50% of every game, they won't make it over the hump. Also, Psycho's penchant for playing a 10 or 11 man rotation for at least the last couple of years, in my view, has hurt them. They never seem to get a core group that is real comfortable playing together.

Congrats to all the post-season all-conference selections: Cain, Whitish and Coach Williams. Not that it matters a hill of beans, but I was a little surprised that Cain was not a unanimous selection to the all-freshman team. I guess I can't say I'm well versed on all the freshman in the conference, but what Cain did this year seems pretty hard to overlook for all-freshman honors.

You could look at it from this perspective: if Iowa wins, you'll get another chance to pull out the FranCon meter and hope for an epic meltdown! Underwood has the permanent scowl, but I don't think he's hit the meltdown point yet.

Thanks. I know what I saw and like I said, I wasn't inebriated. Do you remember when it was? Was it later on in the game during a timeout maybe? I seem to recall 3 or 4 replays from different cameras shown in fairly quick succession, but I didn't see that in the BTN2Go game replay for several minutes after the play. There was one under the basket replay on the BTN2Go recording, but either the video quality of the recording or the fact that I viewed on a tablet made it impossible see the mouth action of JPJ saying something that was obvious on the TV broadcast.

I swear I saw a replay from under the basket that made it look like he said something. I thought it was during the game in the couple of minutes right after the play, but I couldn't find it on the BTN2Go replay. Maybe I was hallucinating. And to think, I wasn't even imbibing any adult beverages.

That was bad. I think the ref called it because after Watson knocked the ball loose, it went straight up a foot or two and the PS guy reached for it and Watson 'might' have grazed his forearm/elbow - kind of a secondary contact. Since the PS guy was moving his arms up reaching for the ball, the ref gave him 2 FTs for being in the shooting motion. Regardless, it was a poor call all the way around. Any contact was simply incidental contact from 2 players reaching for the loose ball directly above them.

Revsine was making some of the negative comments tonight, though.

On the replay of the view from under the basket, he did appear to say something, but I find it highly doubtful it was worthy of a T.

If you're punching things, see if you can find Lunardi also.

I don't think anybody would purposely behave like that goofball.

That game is 100% on the refs. Totally out of position call on Eliely. Both refs who could see the play did not blow the whistle. Then on the other end they all swallow the whistle as Cincore gets bodied on the drive. Total BS.

NU 71 PS 66

C'mon. This is the interwebs age. The court of public opinion is the only accepted arbiter of justice! They just need to set up a few online polls to determine who gets in...and we all know Nebraska fans are great at online polls. Should be in with votes to spare.

You da man! Nope, no plagiarism. 'Poindexter' is one of my favorite words. I try to use it in appropriate situations whenever possible. I think I quite often use it to describe any member of a Northwestern men's athletics program. I had missed it in Ben Zobrist's post until you pointed it out.

I used poindexter in a different thread earlier today. Actually, the plural form - poindexters. Can I get an up-arrow also?

Ha. The website poindexters mistook the women's game for the men's.

Bill Walton is certifiable. Hard to listen to him because he's such a loon. He must have smoked and might still be smoking some powerful stuff.

+1. That one play when the guy drove into the lane and head-faked, his defense wasn't that bad - he stayed with him fairly well. If he just stays on his feet and keeps his hands high, the guy either has to make a much tougher shot or pass the ball back out.

Or just tell the boss, "I'm taking the day off sick next Thursday or Friday, possibly both."

You're right, in this game he slipped down toward the basket several times and looked wide open but the other guys really had a hard time getting him the ball. If they tried the direct pass, Indiana always seemed to get a hand on the ball and if they tried the over the top pass, it was too high, long or both. Maybe they were consistently a split second late on the decision, but I think you have to give credit to Indiana as they mucked up the passing lanes pretty well and had pretty good pressure on the ball. No comment about previous games regarding Roby, but in general, I feel like NU is not great at entry passes. Might be because most of the time there is really no post-up presence in the game and the offense is not geared that way. Jordy has been working hard the last few games, but in his typical minutes, there's really only a few chances.

I was exchanging texts with family members during the game and said "The extended drought at 52-47 will cost NU". Get the lead to 9 or 10 there and the game is probably well in hand, although the poor FT shooting may have still bit them in the arse.

Yep. They seemed to really panic the last minute+. Playing a bit too fast, quick shots, forced shots, etc.